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Pony Excess

  • Episode aired Dec 11, 2010
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  • 1h 42m
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30 for 30 (2009)
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SMU puts together the best football team in America during the early 1980s with the help of bribes and payoffs, until the NCAA gives the team the "Death Penalty"--a sanction from which the t... Read allSMU puts together the best football team in America during the early 1980s with the help of bribes and payoffs, until the NCAA gives the team the "Death Penalty"--a sanction from which the team has yet to competitively recover.SMU puts together the best football team in America during the early 1980s with the help of bribes and payoffs, until the NCAA gives the team the "Death Penalty"--a sanction from which the team has yet to competitively recover.

  • Director
    • Thaddeus D. Matula
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    • Fred Akers
    • Dick Anderson
    • Ken Andrews
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    • Director
      • Thaddeus D. Matula
    • Stars
      • Fred Akers
      • Dick Anderson
      • Ken Andrews
    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Fred Akers
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Dick Anderson
    • Self - SMU Defensive Tackle
    Ken Andrews
    • Self - SMU Booster
    Harvey Armstrong
    • Self
    Marilyn Arps
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Skip Bayless
    Skip Bayless
    • Self
    Dan Beebe
    • Self - NCAA Investigator
    David Berst
    • Self - NCAA Director of Enforcement
    Cash Birdwell
    • Self - SMU Trainer
    Sherwood Blount
    • Self - SMU Booster
    • (archive footage)
    Michael Bowen
    • Self - SMU Wide Receiver
    Gil Brandt
    • Self
    James E. Brooks
    • Self - SMU Interim President 1980
    • (as Dr. James E. Brooks)
    Paul 'Bear' Bryant
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Robin Buddecke
    • Self - SMU Booster
    Pete Carroll
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Bo Carter
    • Self - SWC Public Relations
    Michael Carter
    • Self - SMU Defensive Lineman
    • Director
      • Thaddeus D. Matula
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    • Trivia
      The introducing close-up picture of Sherwood Blount has the reflection of dollar signs in his eyes.
    • Quotes

      Norm Hitzges: If you're gonna be a dirty program, you better be good at it. You better understand that the group handling the dirtiness has to be small, and it has to be committed, and it doesn't go out and chirp at bars.

    • Connections
      Features NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)

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      • December 11, 2010 (United States)
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      • DLP Entertainment
      • DLP Media Group
      • ESPN Films
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      1 hour 42 minutes
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      • 1.78 : 1

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